The day I was leaving New York, my brother saw Tony Danza skulking about on my grandparent's street. I was rather bitter, as I am sure you can imagine--it's been a lifelong dream of mine to "chill" with Admiral Danza. I tried corresponding with him through this page a number of times over the past few years, to no avail. Tony's heart was not to be won so easily.

Do you remember Tony's soft shoe act? He did it maybe twice during the many years of Who's the Boss? One night at 4 am I was watching Saturday Night Live reruns, and Tony Danza was hosting. He produced some witty banter, and then whipped out his tap shoes and went to town. I wasn't sure if I was actually watching the show or if it was just some beautiful dream that I would inevitably be torn from by the cold grip of reality. For that moment, that brief second, I was truly happy.